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- Editors:
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Frank W. Marcoux
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Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor Laboratories, Ann Arbor, USA
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Dennis W. Choi
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Department of Neurology Box 8111, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages I-XXII
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Mechanic Approaches to CNS Neuroprotection
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- A. H. Kim, G. A. Kerchner, D. W. Choi
Pages 3-36
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- K. J. Becker, J. M. Hallenbeck
Pages 65-93
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- M. Sasaki, T. M. Dawson, V. L. Dawson
Pages 155-173
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Neuroprotective Agents
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Front Matter
Pages 175-175
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- A. C. Foster, L. P. Miller, J. B. Wiesner
Pages 177-208
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- G. Z. Feuerstein, X. Wang
Pages 281-298
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CNS Delivery of Neuroprotective Therapies
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Front Matter
Pages 299-299
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- A. Blesch, M. H. Tuszynski
Pages 301-333
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- M. W. Halterman, H. J. Federoff
Pages 335-357
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Disease Targeting of Neuroprotective Therapies
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Front Matter
Pages 359-359
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About this book
"CNS neuroprotection" was a common subject of papers, symposia, and reviews during the previous "decade of the brain. " Indeed, in recent years, experimental study of putative neuroprotective agents prompted clinical trials of numerous drug candidates in acute and chronic human neurodegenerative conditions. While the outcomes of these trials have not been as successful as initially hoped, these were early explorations, and the pipeline of relevant ideas continues to grow in strength and depth. We predict that early in this new millennium, crippling disorders such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease will be treated effectively by therapeutic neuroprotective strategies. This volume of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology titled eNS Neuroprotection provides a pharmacological perspective on currently promis ing neuroprotective approaches, and a clinical perspective on the challenges involved in establishing the efficacy of these approaches through appropriate clinical trials. Section I, "Mechanistic Approaches to CNS Neuroprotection," reviews major injury mechanisms that have formed the basis for many past and present clinical trials conducted around the world. Dr. KIM and colleagues, Washington University School of Medicine, review the status of blocking excitotoxicity as an approach to CNS neuroprotection. Dr. WANG, Pfizer Global Research and Development,Ann Arbor Laboratories, outlines evidence supporting a contri bution of apoptosis to pathological neuronal or glial cell loss. Drs. BECKER and HALLENBECK, University of Washington and the National Institute on Neuro logical Diseases and Stroke, respectively, argue that inhibiting inflammatory pathways in the brain can be neuroprotective. Dr.
Editors and Affiliations
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Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor Laboratories, Ann Arbor, USA
Frank W. Marcoux
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Department of Neurology Box 8111, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA
Dennis W. Choi